All the Venture Capital & Fundraising Bloggers You Should be FollowingAs Joshua Levy and I continue work on The Open Guide to Startup Fundraising, we’ve been
drawing from all the incredible bloggers who have contributed to the base of knowledge on fundraising over the years. We will include this list of bloggers and how to find them in the guide, but I wanted to publish the guide now as a resource while we continue working on the guide. From Campus Drive to Cisco: Our Journey with AppDynamicsGreylock Partners on AppDynamics The Biggest M&A Multiple In Software HistoryCisco announced yesterday it would acquire AppDynamics for $3.7B. We’ve analyzed AppDynamic’s growth and key metrics, because the business had filed its S-1 to go public. However, the management team and board changed plans and made history. By my estimate, AppDynamics is the fifth largest software acquisition in modern times. More astounding, the AppDynamics acquisition does set the absolute high water mark in one regard: acquisition multiple. It’s a very promising predictor of the 2017 M&A environment. Based on the S-1 filings from the business, a $3.7B price implies a 17.3x enterprise value/trailing twelve month revenue multiple, which is 41% higher than the next nearest acquisition, Salesforce/Demandware. There’s no comparable pricing event in the M&A market in the last 10 years. 10 Questions With… Rafael Corrales at CRVCharles River Ventures Introducing the Intercollegiate Entrepreneurship NetworkNatalie Bartlett of General Catalyst Thousands of College Kids Are Powering a Clickbait EmpireHow a 29-year-old built Odyssey, a vast network of college students happy to fuel multi-million dollar marketing campaigns for peanuts. [ Backchannel ]Snag the Best Advisors for Your Startup, from Best-selling Authors to Fortune 500 CEOsAirbnb Enters the Land of ProfitabilityThe room-rental startup made its first profit in the second half of 2016 and expects to remain profitable this year. [ Bloomberg ]Snapchat is reportedly seeking $200 million commitments from ad agencies — here's what that means for its IPOBirchbox Cofounder On The Business Resolution She Is Not Breaking in 2017A new year always brings about new hopes and new goals, but even with the best of intentions, New Year’s resolutions often don’t live beyond January. Add to that a new president and new policies, and 2017 promises to be a year filled with uncertainty. For businesses, times of change are often the best time to stay true to your values and focus on the fundamentals. At Birchbox, that means striving for humanity and being a company that cares about its customer. [ Kushner’s Felon Father Back at Helm of New York Empire With Two Fellow Inmates“It can’t hurt to be doing business with Jared Kushner’s family. It’s a road to the administration.” Curated by Venture Pulse Team. Find us on : [ Venturepulse.org, CrunchBase,
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